So last week the boyfriend & I went on a road trip up to San Francisco. It was the first time we've gone on a vacation that lasted more than 2 nights. He wouldn't let me plan anything for it, he wanted it to all be spontaneous.
8/5
We left Garden Grove around 9am. I so did not want to get stuck in traffic while going through LA and it wasn't too bad. We had breakfast at a Denny's by Six Flags in Valencia and then we were off for the main part of our trip.
We started to get close to San Francisco around 6pm. Noe was super excited to cross the Golden Gate Bridge. I've been to SF in the past so it wasn't new to me but it made me happy about how excited he was. Our motel was the North Bay Inn in San Rafael. It was about a 20 min drive north of the bridge. Since he wouldn't let me plan anything we couldn't get anything for too cheap so we had to go a little further away from the city in order to stay in budget. Plus it wasn't too far from Muir Woods which was our main purpose for going to SF. It was a tiny motel and the area was not so safe looking but it was alright since we weren't going to be spending too much time there. The room was also kind of messy. The carpet was stained and someone left a pastry in the ice bucket, so shows you how well they clean.
8/6
This was the day we went to Muir Woods. Noe wanted to see the Redwoods; that was the whole point of our trip. We got there around 9am. The park opens at either 8 or 9 am I don't remember which but anyways we knew to get there early because parking is terrible and you can end up walking 1-2 miles to get to the park gates. I made sure to take Dramamine because it's a windy road and I did not want to get sick. Since we got there early, the visitor's center wasn't open yet so we didn't have to pay to get in. There were a few other groups of people there already. We walked the main trail that makes a circle around the park. We spent about 1.5 hours there before we started to leave. The giftshop sells redwood & sequoia seedlings that you can plant at home so Noe bought a sequoia and is planning on growing it up.When we were leaving we noticed it was very busy and there was no parking in the 2 little lots. So if you go, def go around 8-9am.
Then we decided to go to Fisherman's Wharf for lunch. We walked around Pier 39 before we decided to have lunch at Boudin's. I had the margherita pizza and it was SOOO good. Noe got a salmon sandwich and he said it was alright but he liked my pizza more. While we were eating we were trying to decide what to go see in SF. I wanted to go see the Painted Ladies in Alamo Square. Those are the Full House houses if you didn't know. So we drove over there and took pictures. Then we headed to Lombard Street to drive down the little winding street.
Now Noe wanted to go see Guardians of the Galaxy so we ended up seeing it someplace close to Union Square. I was so tired from walking around all day that I was falling asleep in the movie. What I saw was entertaining but I would close my eyes for what I thought was just a few seconds and then when I opened them, something completely was happening onscreen. Oops.
After this it was around 5-6pm, so we headed back up north across the Bridge. We decided to go wine tasting at Three Birds Wine Bar. We got a flight of white wines and they were really good! It was a really cute kind of casual place. The staff was very friendly as well. After this we finally went to have dinner. We went to the Brick & Bottle. I got the pizza there again and it was really good. After that we finally went back to the motel where we went to bed right away.
Next up: camping in Big Basin State Park, driving down PCH, Hearst Castle.
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